Quotemeal: Sep. 24th, 2009

Thursday, September 24, 2009

"We don't seem to want to worship a God who's too big, too authoritative. We seem more comfortable with a deity who's more manageable."
— Mark Finley

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"There are three things that only God knows: the beginning of things, the cause of things and the end of things."
— Welsh Proverb —
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— Julian of Norwich —
"Tolerance isn't about not having beliefs. It's about how your beliefs lead you to treat people who disagree with you."
— Timothy Keller —
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— William Barclay —

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Illustration of Mark Finley — "We don't seem to want to worship a God who's too big, too authoritative. We seem more comfortable with a deity who's more manageable."

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